of course our mamas and grandmamas were right about them skinny ones needing to put on a few

[fflo]

Okay, here's one we coulda nominated for that bogus "obesity journalism" award, charlottecooper: a NY Times op ed piece from the weekend, called "Fat and Happy," by John Tierney.

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[groovesinorbit]

I love it.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I can't tell how I feel about that. I like that it is factually correct and denouces diet fads and food police...but I'm not keen on words like "flabby" and "porker".

[fflo.livejournal.com]

reclaim! say it loud, say it proud: flab-ilicious! (?)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll concede that my issue with "flab" is connotative...but Porker?!?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

What, you don't like bacon?

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Eating it, not being it.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

only kidding here, of course

if the writer weren't including himself in the group, it'd be more offensive to me, though

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I think it's just my history with stupidity that makies me cring at such remarks. I had a boss once who was maybe, 20 pounds overwieght and thought that entitled him to make all manner of horrible size related comments on the job. When I'd protest, he'd pat his barely protruding gut as if that entitled him to disregard my wish to not be insulted on the job.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

actually, I cringe,

I don't even know what a cring is!